Death appeared outside of her house hidden in the trees in time to see Edward pull up. He watched as Bella got out of the car and began walking to the door of her house, Edward following closely behind her. Too close he thought as he tightened his grip around his cane.

"Thank you for bringing me home Edward." Bella said as she reached for her keys to unlock the door.

"Of course Bella. I can't imagine what would have happened if I hadn't gotten there in time."

"I would have been fine but I appreciate your concern." She said indifferent. Death could hear the irritation in her voice but the boy was oblivious to it and continued to bug her.

"You would have been hurt if I hadn't gotten there in time Bella! Don't be irresponsible."

Bella grit her teeth and turned on her heel to stare at the boy, a deep glare on her beautiful face. Death smirked; the fool had only incurred her wrath further. "You need to keep your voice down so you don't wake up my father and I am not irresponsible. My friend was there and HE came to my rescue. All you did was drive me home. I am under no obligation to swoon at your false heroism." She turned back opening her door and walked into her home. Bella went to close the door but it was stopped by Edward's foot.

"Bella that man is dangerous. You should stay away from him. I'm here. I'll watch over you."

Bella opened the door enough to peer at him and huffed angrily. "That man is MY FRIEND. I won't turn my back on him because you said so. You have no right and I don't want you watching over me. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself. Now remove your foot."

"Bella…" The boy said in a pleading manor.

"Now Edward or I'll scream and have my father remove you."

Edward removed his foot with a frustrated sigh. He didn't have time to utter another word before Bella closed and locked the door in his face.

Death watched as Edward stomped back to his car, slamming the door shut loudly as he climbed in than drove off.

He chuckled at the immortal child's immaturity. He acted like a child. Death stepped out from the shadow and looked up noticing a light come on in the second-floor window. That must be the girl's room he thought right before he saw her silhouette behind the curtain. He reached into his coat to pull out the phone number she gave him. Luckily enough he did in fact own a phone. It always seemed ridiculous since he had no one to communicate with before but he found the little human invention 'google' useful to find shops with delicious treats for him where ever he happened to be. This was the first time he would be able to use it to speak to someone.

He typed in her number and sent her a text. 'Have you made it home safely beauty?'

From where he was standing under her window he could hear the silent ding from her phone indicating she had received his message. He chuckled as he also heard her footsteps quickly rush to the phone. It was only a moment before his phone vibrated in his hand.

'Yes thank you for messaging me and coming to my rescue earlier. Are you alright? You didn't get hurt did you? I hated leaving you behind.'

He smiled at her needless worry for himself. 'Yes I am fine my dear no worries. I'm stronger than I look. If it isn't much trouble I wondered if I may come by your home shortly? I found your book you dropped and just wanted to give it to you.'

'OH! I had completely forgotten about that. I don't want to bother you this late though but I would like to get started on the book immediately…'

'It's no trouble, do not worry about the hour bothering me beauty. I don't sleep much.'

'Okay than if you really don't mind.' She sent him her address as well. 'Let me know when you're here and I will come to the door.'

'I will see you shortly'

He decided to lean up against a tree and wait a while before he mentioned being here. He knew she expected him to still be back near where the men had attacked her. Even in a car it should have taken him thirty minutes with no traffic to get here, so that's how long he would wait so it wouldn't be suspicious.

He checked his phone to see that 29 minutes had passed. Death was about to push himself off the tree and approach her front door but before he could he noticed movement. It was the foolish boy returning, he had walked right pass Death too focused on Bella's window to notice him standing in the trees.

The boy stopped below her window and reached to climb up. Death became angry, this bastard was trying to peak into the privacy of her home in the middle of the night. He decided to use this to his advantage. Quickly he grabbed his phone and sent Bella a text telling her he was approaching her home; he quickly snapped a picture as well showing the boy attempting to climb to her room.

He pocketed the device than snuck up behind Edward. One of the many benefits of being who he was, no person or creature could sense Death. After all where was the fun in being able to see Death coming for you he thought as he smirked.

"What do you think you are doing young man?"

Edward jumped back to the ground and spun around growling. "What are you doing here?!"

"I believe I asked you first."

"It's not your business!"

"Than my reason is not your concern either."

While Death was having this little argument with the idiot, he noticed Bella had opened the front door and stood there observing them with wide eyes. The vampire hadn't even noticed her presence too enraged by Death.

"You need to leave! What kind of sick pervert are you showing up at a girl's home in the middle of the night!" Edward seethed.

"Pervert you say? You were the one trying to climb up to her bedroom window uninvited. I have reason to be here."

"You're not welcome here!"

"EDWARD!" Bella hissed.

The boy turned to face her when she spoke. He knew he had been caught in a precarious condition.

Bella stomped over to the two men, she stood protectively in front of Death causing him to smirk cockily towards the younger man. Which of course only further enraged Edward as he stumbled over his own words for a believable excuse as to his presence outside her home.

"Bella I was just….. passing by when I noticed this man approaching your house! He was obviously peeping, he's sick Bella! I was just keeping you safe."

"He's not sick I invited him here! How dare you be rude to my guest and friend! Don't you dare call him a pervert when you're the one I heard was trying to climb up to MY BEDROOM!"

"He's lying Bella! He is just trying to get you alone. I would never do such a thing!"

Death cleared his throat causing both of them to turn in his direction as held up his phone with the picture he had taken. It very obviously shown Edward half way up to her window. He smiled wickedly. "Lying you say?"

Edward growled loudly at being caught.

"Stop growling like an animal and leave! I don't want you here! I'm not sure what you're problem is but you can stay away from me." Tears gathered in Bella's eyes. She felt embarrassed, ashamed and sick that Edward was trying to watch her in the middle of the night.

Bella grabbed Death's hand and pulled him inside her house. She sent one last glare towards Edward before she closed and locked the door quietly. "I am so sorry about that." She sniffled.

"Don't apologize for someone else's actions beauty." He said while reaching into his coat and pulling out her book. He leaned into her ear to whisper in case the boy was still near. "You're a very clever girl Bella, so close to the truth."

Bella grabbed the book and clutched her to her chest tightly, she whispered back. "He isn't human is he?" Death smiled softly to her and shook his head. Bella bit into her bottom lip, "You're not either are you?" He shook his head again. "But you're something different then Edward?" This time he nodded.

"Are you frightened of me?" He asked softly.

"No." She answered without hesitation. No waver in her voice.

"Good." He smiled sadly. "Most are weary of me. It can be lonely."

"Are you going to tell me what you are?"

"No, I would like to see if you can figure it out on your own. I will tell you that I'm not human nor vampire but I am very very very old."

"Thank you." Bella blushed

"For what beauty?"

"For giving me answers. Edward always avoided them, acted like I was crazy to think something was off about him. Even if you don't tell me what you are, you still admitted you were something else. You haven't lied to me. Thank you for that." She smiled happily. "I'm kind of excited to figure it out myself! Will I get clues?"

He chuckled at her enthusiasm, "You still have treats to make for me, so you will see me more. I have every confidence in you to figure it out the more you learn. I will answer a question each time I see you. Fair?" He asked

Bella nodded enthusiastically, "I guess you're just going to have to come around A LOT more." She giggled.

Death enjoyed that idea immensely. "As you wish beauty." He bowed his head slightly. "Simply call and I will come." He decided to give her a clue for the night. He winked at her than tapped his cane on the ground disappearing before her eyes. The last thing he heard was a gasp.